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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2022

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 80, May 2022 features 22 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link No 80 May 2022

OPINION POLLS

Attitudes to continued presence of Church of England bishops in the House of Lords
Attitudes to existing Sunday trading hours in England and Wales
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in UK society
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in UK professional football
Science and religion: more results from YouGov/Theos/Faraday Institute polling

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Mapping Christian youth ministry in south-west England
Annual report of Church Commissioners for 2021
Church of Scotland congregational statistics for 31 December 2021
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) membership statistics for 31 December 2021
Growth of strictly Orthodox Jewry: European Jewish Demography Unit estimates
Performance measures of religious education in England and Wales

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Marriages in England and Wales, 2019
Social capital in the UK, 2020–21
Response rate to Scotland’s census, 2022 still below target
Results of 2021 Research Excellence Framework published

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Calculating decline and extinction potentials for UK Churches
Religion and the supernatural during the 1990s: evidence from Mass Observation
Some psychological insights into churchgoing in the UK
Coronavirus chronicles: gendered responses to Covid-19 in the Church of England
Coronavirus chronicles: rural Anglican lay attitudes to online worship during Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: God, prayer, personal wellbeing, and the pandemic
Ethos of Anglican primary schools in Wales

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Counting Religion in Britain, April 2022

Posted on May 2, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 79, April 2022 features 14 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link No 79 April 2022

OPINION POLLS

Easter as a ‘proper’ special occasion: international YouGov poll
Planned attendance at religious services over the Easter weekend
Religious or spiritual wellbeing as source of greatest happiness: Ipsos global poll
Science and religion: YouGov poll for Theos and Faraday Institute
Talking Jesus: HOPE Together’s 2022 research
Importance of teaching Religious Studies at secondary school: YouGov tracker data

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Future of UK church buildings: results of National Churches Trust consultation
Coronavirus chronicles: some Anglican experiences of distanced church
Coronavirus chronicles: Methodist responses to ‘Covid-19 and Church-21 Survey’
Coronavirus chronicles: Baptist Union statistics, 2021
Two recent blogs from Muslim Census

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Scotland’s census of population, 2022

ACADEMIC STUDY

Levels of religious commitment among British Catholics

NEW DATASET

UK Data Service, SN 8928: Annual Population Survey, January-December 2021

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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2022

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 78, March 2022 features 10 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link No 78 March 2022

OPINION POLLS

Coronavirus chronicles: Covid-19 and British Jewish and Muslim communities
Anglican attitudes towards same-sex marriage: YouGov poll for Ozanne Foundation
Antisemitism Barometer, 2021: surveys of the British public and Jews
Removal of British citizenship: the case of Shamima Begum, the Islamic State bride

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

United Reformed Church statistical returns: not such a happy birthday
Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England cathedral statistics, 2020

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Updates on religious censuses: England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Four recent journal articles

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 855354: Catholics in Britain Survey, 2019
Pew Research Center: Global Attitudes Survey, Spring 2021

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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2022

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 77, February 2022 features 13 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 77 February 2022

OPINION POLLS

Changing public views on the possible timeline and causation for human extinction
Fashion and faith: Savanta ComRes poll for Tearfund

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Churches and mental health: Christian Research Resonate panel survey
Safeguarding LGBT+ Christians survey, 2021
Jewish identities of UK and European Jewry
Anti-Semitic incidents in the UK exhibit steep rise during 2021
Coronavirus chronicles: Jewish mortality exceeds 1,000

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: odds of testing positive for Covid-19 vary by religious group
Census of population, Scotland, 2022
Scottish Household Survey: analysis of religion in relation to culture in 2020
Religious affiliation of the legal profession in 2021

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Religion and science: still a gap to close among the clergy
Coronavirus chronicles: doubts about the long-term viability of online worship

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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2021

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 72, September 2021 features 15 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 72 September 2021

OPINION POLLS

Savanta ComRes/Culham St Gabriel’s Trust poll on religious education
Coronavirus chronicles: Savanta ComRes poll on prayer and church attendance
Science versus religion: two questions from Special Eurobarometer 516
Anti-Semitism and the Labour Party
Online safety: public attitudes to anti-Semitic and Holocaust denial posts and comments
Scottish views on increased immigration from Muslim-majority countries

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: the impact of the pandemic on English Anglican cathedrals
Coronavirus chronicles: Quaker statistics for year-ending 31 December 2020
Coronavirus chronicles: the Jewish experience of Covid-19
National Secular Society’s new tool against faith schools: the local authority scorecard
Centre for Muslim Policy Research paper on animal slaughter without pre-stunning

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: final report of British Ritual Innovation under Covid-19 project
Coronavirus chronicles: the state of Anglican clergy morale one year into the pandemic
Coronavirus chronicles: newspaper coverage of Muslims during the Covid-19 pandemic
Five other recent academic publications

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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2021

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 71, August 2021 features seven new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 71 August 2021

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Covid-19 and the Christian Church
Coronavirus chronicles: the Jewish experience of Covid-19

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Office for National Statistics consultation on 2021 census outputs
Religious marriages in England and Wales, 2018
Religious hate crimes in Scotland, 2020–21
Entries for Religious Studies in June 2021 school examinations in England and Wales

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Four recent articles in religion journals

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Counting Religion in Britain, July 2021

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 70, July 2021 features 10 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 70 July 2021

OPINION POLLS

Coronavirus chronicles: comfort about resuming attendance at places of worship
Perceived tension between different religions: Ipsos multinational survey
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Reported sightings of, and suspected government secrecy about, UFOs: YouGov poll

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Church Army launches ‘investigating the distanced church’
Coronavirus chronicles: Methodist Church Statistics for Mission
Coronavirus chronicles: Jewish mortality during the first year of the pandemic

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: marriages in Scotland dramatically down in 2020

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Recent articles in academic journals: theme issue on psychological type and religion
Recent articles in academic journals: six miscellaneous

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2021

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Counting Religion in Britain, April 2021

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 67, April 2021 features 11 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 67 April 2021

OPINION POLLS

Religious and faith groups ranked bottom of ten agencies for the support they offer
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: the Church of England’s community response to the pandemic
Coronavirus chronicles: the Scottish Church experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Muslim experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Jewish experience of Covid-19
British Sikh Report, 2020
Widespread disregard of daily collective worship in maintained schools in England

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Religion and Euroscepticism in Brexit Britain
Attitudes of contemporary British Catholics to personal morality and the priesthood
Primitive Methodism in Hertfordshire before 1918

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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2021

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 66, March 2021 features 20 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 66 March 2021

OPINION POLLS

Humanists UK’s 2021 census campaign bolstered by new YouGov polling
Updates to YouGov trackers: religion’s influence, belief in God, and Sunday trading
Should Church of England bishops continue to sit in the House of Lords?
Coronavirus chronicles: experiences of bereavement and funerals in the age of Covid-19
Attitudes to international aid: Savanta ComRes poll for Islamic Relief
Talking about religion: opinion poll for Zopa
Religious division in Scottish society: Survation poll for Scotland in Union
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party: YouGov poll of Labour members
Threat posed by Islamic extremists: YouGov poll of general public

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: the Anglican experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Baptist experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Methodist experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Jewish experience of Covid-19

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: vaccination rates by religion of people aged 70 and over
Census snippets: measuring religion in England and Wales in 2021
Characteristics of police recorded hate crime in Scotland

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Three recent articles in academic journals

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service SN 8699: Contemporary Relevance of Thatcherite Values, 2019
UK Data Service SN 8789: Annual Population Survey, January-December 2020

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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2021

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 65, February 2021 features 30 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 65 February 2021

OPINION POLLS

Coronavirus chronicles: are things really looking up that much for the Churches?
Coronavirus chronicles: Christian Aid poll on Covid-19 vaccines in developing nations
Coronavirus chronicles: returning to places of worship after lockdown
Coronavirus chronicles: Survation on lockdown of Scottish places of worship
Coronavirus chronicles: religious correlates of attitudes to abortion in England
Perceived importance of religion for getting ahead in life: KCL inequality poll
The Together Initiative’s Our Chance to Reconnect report: religion questions
ICM/Henry Jackson Society poll of UK adults and Black Britons: religion comparisons
Savanta ComRes report on Church Leaders Panel for 2020
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: reaching for the Bible in a time of pandemic
Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England discussion paper on its prospects
Coronavirus chronicles: the attitudes of churchgoing laity in the Church of England
Coronavirus chronicles: survey of the views of Christian event organizers
Coronavirus chronicles: Jewish mortality from Covid-19
Community Security Trust’s anti-Semitic incidents report for 2020
Coronavirus chronicles: the Muslim experience of Covid-19
Attitudes of young British Christians towards climate change
Church of England’s carbon footprint: first year’s data from energy tool

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

On your marks! The decennial population census of England and Wales is on 21 March
Scottish Surveys Core Questions: 2019 results released

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: University of York’s ‘Covid-19, Churches, and Communities’
Coronavirus chronicles: launch of Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS)
Coronavirus chronicles: impact of Covid-19 on London’s Strictly Orthodox Jews
Renewal in the Baptist Union of Great Britain during the 1990s
Theology and Religious Studies Provision in UK Higher Education (2019): A response
Three recent articles in academic religion journals

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 8767: Community Life Survey, 2019–2020
UK Data Service, SN 8772: British Social Attitudes Survey, 2019

PEOPLE NEWS

Katie Harrison appointed Archbishop of Canterbury’s public affairs adviser

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